Posts Tagged “advice”

Sep 17 2010

Around the web this week: writing advice

Posted by Charity in writing, tags: , , ,

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This week, around the web:

Nathan Bransford talks about the danger of getting too carried away with dreams of wild success and Oprah stickers for one’s (yet unpublished) books. Is it good to dream and aspire? Yes.

Is it bad to let those dreams turn into expectations, that later, turn you bitter and craven and into a Dark Lord of the Sith. Probably. (No really, he says that. Go see for yourself.)

John Scalzi is back from his blogging hiatus and is in fine form today, talking about writing and finding the time to do so. Excellent advice, but take a peek at the comments. One very astute commenter (#16 to be precise) talks about energy management vs. time management. Actually, many of the comments contain excellent advice. Have a look.

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Jul 18 2009

Saturday advice

Posted by Charity in 2009 Debs, Fun Stuff, Video, writing, YA authors, tags: , ,

I was hoping Geek Girl Darcy would be the one to give indycheerleader some boy advice because I. Have. None. Even my six-year-old daughter is more astute when it comes to the “Does he like me?” question. A few months ago, she told me a boy in class liked her.

“How do you know?” I asked, thinking I might be able to use this sort of information, if not in real life, then for a book.

“He always picks me for reading buddies.”

So, indycheerleader, I’m afraid that’s all I got. If he picked you for reading buddies lately, then I say he likes you.

In other advice, made-of-awesome Deb Saundra Mitchell has some wonderful writing advice. Take a look:

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